Chancellor of the Exchequer Britain's Chancellor of Exchequer Philip Hammond watches Prime Minister Theresa May speak at the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2016. Reuters Philip Hammond has been accused of "arguing like an accountant seeing the risk of everything" after reportedly trying to delay the UK government triggering Article 50, according to The Telegraph and the BBC.

Several government sources told The Telegraph that Hammond was arguing against Home Secretary Amber Rudd's plans for a post-Brexit visa regime for immigrants, which includes ensuring those from the European Union are not allowed into Britain unless they have already secured a skilled job.

Those same sources claim that this "undermines" Whitehall's Brexit plans and casts doubt on the government's control over the Article 50 triggering process, which starts the two-year negotiation process to exit the 28 nation bloc. Hammond is reportedly seen by some more pro-Brexit cabinet members as delaying the process.

Britain voted to leave the EU on June 23 and Theresa May, who became Prime Minister shortly after the vote, has assembled a cabinet out of ministers that supported both the Leave and Remain campaigns.

May has repeatedly said that "Brexit means Brexit" and pledged to pull the UK out of the EU with the best deal possible. However, it is looking like Britain is going to have a "Hard Brexit" no matter what, judging by May and her cabinet's stance on immigration. This would involve Britain cutting off all trading ties with the EU in exchange for full control over Britain's borders.

"Part of the decline is down to negative political headlines: fears of a second Scottish referendum are building, and some UK newspapers reported on Sunday that the UK Chancellor could quit his post after he was excluded from government meetings because he criticised the "hard" Brexit stance of the Prime Minister."